Nathan Haines

Nathan Haines
Background information
Born	1972 (age 48–49) Auckland, New Zealand
Genres	Jazz
Instruments	flute, saxophone, keyboards, vocals
Years active	1992–present
Associated acts	Restless Soul, Marlena Shaw, Jamiroquai
Website	nathanhaines.com

Nathan Haines (born 1972) is a New Zealand-born producer/vocalist/saxophonist based between London (since 1995) and his native Auckland.

Life and career[]

Haines was born in 1972 in Takapuna on Auckland's North Shore. His father, Kevin was one of New Zealand's leading jazz bassists and with his guitarist brother Joel, they were playing International Jazz Festivals by the time they were in their early teens. Haines played gigs with Joel across New Zealand, before moving to New York City in 1991 to study jazz music. He returned in 1994 and recorded and released his first solo record in April 1995, also released in the UK on the Verve Records label.

In 1995 he moved to London. His first release was a co-written 12 inch single on Metalheadz with drum and bass producer (DJ name A-Sides) in 1997. The pair had several follow-up singles. In 2000 his first UK based solo record Sound Travels produced by was released on the now defunct UK label Chillifunk Records, and in 2003 the follow-up was released featuring Marlena Shaw, Damon Albarn, , , keyboardists , Mike Patto, , and many others, and was certified Gold for album sales in New Zealand. Both albums featured Nathan singing self penned jazz ballads including the popular "" featured on Sound Travels.

New Zealand based albums since 2005 have included recorded with the 100 piece New Zealand Symphony Orchestra with arrangements by ex-pat US based Alan Broadbent, produced with Chris Cox and released in the UK on and featuring vocalists Marlena Shaw and Ty, and . The straight to analog two-track album recorded in 2013 and released on in the UK and Germany was followed up with , both of which won the Tui New Zealand Jazz Album of the Year Award. Both albums were released on limited edition vinyl.

Haines spent most of 2014 recording 5 A Day in rural Buckinghamshire with writing and production partner Mike Patto. It was released in New Zealand in November 2014 on both CD, download and vinyl formats and features vocalists , Kevin Mark Trail with Mike and Nathan on recording and production duties with drum programming from 4 Hero producer .^[1]

Discography[]

See also[]

• Grand Central Band

References[]

External links[]

• Nathan Haines – official site
• Nathan Haines discography at Discogs
• Nathan Haines at AudioCulture